Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 513 Progress across the board
On March 23, the main force of the Qin Army's middle road broke through the defense line of Sanggan River, gathered under the city of Youzhou, and besieged Youzhou city tightly.

Different from the past, the defender of Youzhou died in battle, but the main force in Youzhou city was in the north, the city was empty, and there were not many defenders at all.

After Li Chuyun led the Chinese army to the city, the armies reported that there were more than 5000 Liao people captured, and the villages outside the city were full of prisoners, but most of them were ordinary people, without armor or without armor. After reliable training, he was temporarily caught to make up for it.

The confession of the Liao army prisoners of war also verified this statement.

Everyone asked Li Chuyun for instructions on how to deal with these captives. They felt that they were just ordinary people, and there was no need to kill them. They were also worried that Li Chuyun would kill them. After all, the commander has always been known for being cruel.

The facts are similar to what the generals said. Youzhou is empty, and the defenders only have a size of two to three thousand people. The rest are young and strong recruited after the Qin army went north, and most of them have no time to run.

Slaughtering such a group of people has no sense of accomplishment for the soldiers of the Qin army.

The most important thing is that the Qin army itself is too strong today. If it is difficult to win the battle with the Liao army, they may agree to kill the young and strong to weaken the power of the Liao state.

But facing the vulnerable Liao army, they couldn't afford to kill.

Li Chuyun didn't kill them all, but he didn't let them go easily. Instead, he asked the army to drive them to gather under the city, and asked the defenders in the city to open the city and surrender. As long as they sacrificed the city, everyone would be safe. If they didn't open the city gate within five days , everyone outside the city will be executed.

He knew that these young men had many family members and friends in the city, but the city was empty and people's hearts were unstable, which undoubtedly greatly shook the morale of the people in the city.

Moreover, Shi Congyun's massacre in the north of Sanguan more than ten years ago still made many people terrified, and they never doubted whether the Qin army would dare to do such a thing.

As a result, on the second day, the soldiers and civilians in the city really opened the city gate to welcome the Qin army into the city. The forwards of Li Jilong's troops entered the city first and took over the city gate.

Then Li Chuyun fulfilled his promise, released all the prisoners, and guaranteed the safety of the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Regarding the arrival of the Qin army, there was not much resistance in the city, because Youzhou was originally populated by Han people, and many people had the idea of ​​joining the southern court.

When entering the city, everyone was overjoyed and excited. They walked through the dark city cave and entered through the Qixia Gate.

Not long after entering the city, Li Jilong immediately rode over to report, "Commander, the Andong Gate on the side of Xianlu Temple and the Tongtian Gate on the side of Baiyun Temple have been controlled. There are hundreds of private soldiers in Xiao Siwen's private house."

As soon as Li Chuyun heard Xiao Siwen, his eyes lit up. How did he rise to the position? Wasn't it because Zhou Xian was captured in the Battle of Huainan, and sent to the officials with great discernment, and then he made his way to the top.

He had heard the officials talk a few times before, saying that Xiao Siwen had a beautiful daughter named Xiao Chuo and Yanyan, if she could be captured and sent to the officials, wouldn't he
"I'll lead the troops over there to have a look!" Li Chuyun said immediately, and then ordered Guo Jin: "General Guo, take people to control the treasury, and don't open it without orders."

Then he said to Meng Xuanzhe: "Meng Inspector, write a good report to the officials and send someone to send it south immediately."

He also told his eldest son, Li Jilong, "Li Qianfeng, send out scouts to investigate the situation around Youzhou, and at the same time send someone to contact the West Route Army to see where they have reached."

"Commander Zhang, go and check the treasury, register and make a list, and prepare the list of Liao officials."

Zhang Qixian took the command, and then Li Chuyun excitedly ordered five hundred elite soldiers to besiege Xiao Siwen's mansion.

On March 25, the Qin army completely took over Youzhou City, and Li Chuyun also led people to besiege the Xiao family's mansion.

In order not to hurt the people inside, he mainly adopts the method of besieging but not attacking and persuading to surrender.

After a day of stalemate, knowing that all the city had fallen, the Xiao family also surrendered in despair, but the result disappointed Li Chuyun. He didn't know that Xiao Chuo was actually taken to Beijing a few days ago!

Li Chuyun was immediately annoyed, and wished he could immediately send troops to go straight to Beijing.

This is not a crazy idea. After occupying Youzhou, the Qin army completely stabilized its position, because the south was empty, and the troops of the Liao Kingdom were not enough to resist, and then immediately sent to Shunzhou, Tanzhou, Jizhou and other places in the east. scout.

Among them, the guard of Shunzhou, which is the closest to Youzhou, is also a Han. After hearing that Youzhou fell, he understood that the south was empty, and did not resist the Qin army who immediately surrendered to the city.

But Tanzhou closed its gates and stood guard, preparing to fight against the Qin army. There was no news from Jizhou in the east, and most of the surrounding counties and towns had already surrendered when they saw the arrival of the Qin army.

While the military capital of the Tang Dynasty in the northwest was Guan, the Xiongguan Pass of the Great Wall called Juyongguan in the Liao Kingdom was still guarding and refused to surrender.

On the evening of March 26, Li Chuyun convened people in the Jianing Palace in Youzhou to discuss the next direction of march.

On the one hand, they must guard against the counterattack of the Liao army in the north, and the surrounding counties must be captured as soon as possible, and the progress of the West Route Army at this time has also been sent over.

The West Route Army has also made great progress under the leadership of Xiang Gong, but they are dominated by the Hedong Army and there are not many forbidden troops, so they face the embarrassing situation of insufficient firepower, and the most important thing is that the West Route Army does not have the gunboat support of the Navy.

But the advantage is that the Liao army's fortifications in the west are more empty, and there are far fewer people in the prefectures and counties in the west than in the east.

The main force of the West Route Army was led by Xiang Gong, crossed Yanmen Pass and went north, captured Shuozhou, and was marching towards Yingzhou. The forward defeated the peripheral troops of Yingzhou, and the goal was to go north to Yunzhou.

Everyone in the DPRK knows that Yunzhou is the hometown of the Supreme Emperor, so the West Route Army is eager to make contributions and has high morale. Even without the support of naval ships and guns, the battle is extremely fast.

The other route, led by Yang Jiye, set off from Daizhou, traveled through Fanzhi County, went out of Feihukou to the northwest, captured Lingqiu (Weizhou), and marched towards Xinzhou, preparing to attack Xuanzhou after conquering Zhuozhou, and then marched towards Huailai , launched an attack with the Central Route Army from the other side of Juyongguan, and captured Juyongguan.

So far, among the sixteen prefectures, Zhuozhou (captured during the Guanbei War), Mozhou (captured during the Guanbei War), Yingzhou (captured during the Guanbei War), Yizhou (captured during the Guanbei War), Huanzhou, Shuozhou, Weizhou, Youzhou, and Shunzhou are already under the control of the Qin army.

But there is also a piece of bad news, that is, the head coach of the navy, Si Chao, is seriously ill and can hardly get out of bed, and has been resting in the big tent.

According to the report from the navy, it was because when the old general cleaned up the sunken ships of the Liao army, in order to motivate the soldiers and not delay the opportunity of the battle, he personally braved the cold river water in the late spring in the north, took the lead in the water, and finally caught up with the battle of the Sanggan River.

After that, he personally led the troops ashore, defeated the remaining defenses of the Liao army, killed several people with his hands, and was hit by an arrow that pierced his arm. After that, he had a high fever and couldn't get out of bed. Many people are worried that the old general will not last long.

The exhaustion of boats and cars, thousands of miles of travel, the army is hard, the old injury relapses, the injury and the torment of the bitter cold of the river make the veteran who is nearly [-] years old fall down. It is not good news that the leader of the army will be seriously ill at such a critical moment.

(End of this chapter)